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Author Jakob Freudendal

As has been noted by several scholars in recent years, retaining and attracting audiences – especially young audiences – has become of particular importance to public service broadcasters (PSB) around the world due to challenges presented by the current age of abundance marked by fierce competition, convergence culture and digitalization (e.g. Lowe &

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A two-day research symposium   Symposium organizers: Prof. Rayna Denison (University of Bristol) and Dr. Cristina Formenti (University of Udine) “On the stroke of 5:15, I happened to be walking into the radio and television department of Harrods and there, on a third of the television sets in the place was Kermit, waving his green arms about. Everybody, customers and assistants alike, paused and edged towards him.

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Author Tina-Louise Smith

I recently attended an online course at Aarhus University titled, “Transnational VoD Cultures”. Aimed mainly at PhD researchers, whose research is in some way affected by the transnational nature of streaming platforms and television today, the course made me think about the transnational nature of television in South Africa, where I live.

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Author Rebecca Pearce

In the age of Riverdale and Euphoria – both “teen” dramas as much as a rabbit is a lamp – I have found a real teen television gem I would like to introduce you to. Netflix/See Saw’s adaption of Alice Oseman’s Heartstopper graphic novels has blown up across the world.

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Author Jonathan Bignell

This is a taster of a chapter I have just published about unusual and expressive uses of sound in TV.[1] The chapter is in one of the Moments in Television series books that I blogged about recently, and focuses on an episode of the science fiction series The Twilight Zone : ‘The Invaders’ (1961). The episode has no dialogue, though it has some narration spoken to camera and some music, and the absence of speech made me think about what